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Posted: 1/1/2006 12:49:55 PM EDT
How many times can you re-record a DVD disk? Until the picture quality goes down, the disk explodes or catches on fire how many times can you record on it...
Link Posted: 1/1/2006 4:58:15 PM EDT
[#1]
If its a DVD-R, then you can't recorde multiple times.  The only way is by using a DVD-RW or DVD+RW.  Thats really debatable.  Its kinda like CD-RWs now.  They are kinda meaningless since blank CDs and DVDs are so inexpensive now, that imo there is no need for ReWriteables.
Link Posted: 1/1/2006 5:33:09 PM EDT
[#2]
I've been using 3 RW's to record TV shows for the last 8 months.  No change in quality yet and I fill them up and erase them all at least once a week.
Link Posted: 1/1/2006 6:26:00 PM EDT
[#3]
Right, I meant -RW. I'm usually not home at weekday nights so I use the VHS to record stuff for the week and watch on the weekend...not to keep, just to watch once.
Link Posted: 1/1/2006 9:40:20 PM EDT
[#4]
I got 100 DVD+RW Ridata from NewEgg a while back for $30 2 of them I have rewritten once or twice a week for 25+ weeks they still work fine.

You likely won't see much picture degradation they will work until they don’t anymore.
Link Posted: 1/2/2006 11:12:16 PM EDT
[#5]
The tec spec manuals for Sony DVD-RWs say 1100 times so I suppose most of the brand DVDs would be somewhat near that number.
Link Posted: 1/3/2006 6:15:10 PM EDT
[#6]
Wow +1K that's better than a VHS tape!
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